Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Stream Macroinvertebrate Monitoring: Physical Chemistry by Site by Visit

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    Annual stream macroinvertebrate survey to establish a site-specific database and to monitor trends.

People

  • Doug Burnham: Principal Investigator

  • Steve Fiske: Content Provider

  • James Kellogg: Principal Investigator

  • Richard Langdon: Content Provider

Keywords

  • macroinvertebrates, physical properties, stream ecology, water chemistry,

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates
    • -72.85248333, 44.506191
    • -72.845381, 44.506191
    • -72.845381, 44.52376667
    • -72.85248333, 44.52376667
    • -72.85248333, 44.506191

Data Table

  • Title: Physical Chemistry by Site by Visit
  • Start Date: 1991-10-30
  • End Date: 2001-09-04
  • Description: Measurements of physical stream chemistry components in Stevensville Brook and Browns River

  • Purpose: To assess changes in forest canopy health over time by the use of canopy photography and establish an archivable image of stand condition to use as a baseline for future comparisons

  • Condensed Title: Z0003_PhysicalChemistry

  • Object Name: VMC.3.8

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: Burnham D., and J. Kellogg.2001.Physical Chemistry by Site by Visit. VT Department of Environmental Conservation. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/stream-macroinvertebrate-monitoring/dataset/physical-chemistry-by-site-by-visit

  • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/stream-macroinvertebrate-monitoring/dataset/physical-chemistry-by-site-by-visit

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: SiteName
    • Label: Site Name
    • Description: Name of Site
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: SiteID
    • Label: Site ID
    • Description: Codes for the sample collection sites.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: LabID
    • Label: Lab ID
    • Description: Identification code for lab samples
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Date
    • Label: Date
    • Description: Date of sample collection/observation
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss
    Attribute Name: WaterTemp c
    • Label: Water Temperature
    • Description: Temperature of Water
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Standard Unit: celsius
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: celsius
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Canopy%
    • Label: Canopy Cover
    • Description: Percent Canopy Cover
    • Storage Type: int
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    • Standard Unit: percent
    • Precision: 10
    • Unit: percent
    • Number Type: real
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    Attribute Name: BankStability
    • Label: Bank Stability
    • Description: Stability of bank
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Diatom%
    • Label: Diatom
    • Description: Major group of algae
    • Storage Type: int
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    • Standard Unit: percent
    • Precision: 5
    • Unit: percent
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    • Label: Filamentous Green Algae
    • Description: Filamentous Green Algae- chainlike series of algal cells
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    • Precision: 5
    • Unit: percent
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    • Label: Blue Green Algae
    • Description: Blue Green Algae
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    • Precision: 5
    • Unit: percent
    • Number Type: real
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    • Label: Moss
    • Description: Moss
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    • Label: Green
    • Description: Green
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    • Label: Embeddedness
    • Description: Embededdedness
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    Attribute Name: SubBoulder%
    • Label: Boulder
    • Description: Boulder
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    • Unit: percent
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    Attribute Name: SubCoarseGravel%
    • Label: Coarse Gravel
    • Description: Coarse Gravel
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    • Standard Unit: percent
    • Precision: 5
    • Unit: percent
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    • Label: Gravel
    • Description: Gravel
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    • Standard Unit: percent
    • Precision: 5
    • Unit: percent
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    Attribute Name: SubSand%
    • Label: Sand
    • Description: Sand
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    • Standard Unit: percent
    • Precision: 5
    • Unit: percent
    • Number Type: real
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    Attribute Name: SubSilt%
    • Label: Silt
    • Description: Silt
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    • Standard Unit: percent
    • Precision: 5
    • Unit: percent
    • Number Type: real
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    Attribute Name: pH std units
    • Label: pH
    • Description: A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of the water, on a scale of 1 (most acidic) to 14 (most alkaline)
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Standard Unit: dimensionless
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Number Type: real
      • Bounds:
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    Attribute Name: Alk mg/l
    • Label: Alkalinity
    • Description: Alkalinity of water
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Standard Unit: milligramsPerLiter
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: milligramsPerLiter
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Cond uohoms
    • Label: Conductivity
    • Description: Specific conductance of the sampled water column (ability to conduct an electrical charge)
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: ohm
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: ohm
    • Number Type: real

Methods

  • Current Methods
    • Monitoring sites
      • Started: 1991-10-30
      • Method Description: Browns River and Stevensville Brook are monitored at 1400 foot elevation on each.

    • Sample collection
      • Method Description: Duplicate samples of aquatic macroinvertebrates were collected using a standardized "kick-net" procedure. A sample consists of all the organisms and detritus dislodged from the substrate during two minutes of active substrate disturbance. Temperature, pH, alkalinity, and specific conductance of the water column are measured at the time the sample is collected. Organisms from the sample are separated from detritus and sorted into taxonomic groups.
        • Software: Paradox software


Sampling Equipment

  • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

Site Characteristics

  • Site Description: The two sampling sites are located in the upper reaches of the Brown's River watershed- one on Stevensville Brook and one on the Brown's River upstream of its confluence with Stevensville Brook. Both sites are at an elevation of 1400 feet.

  • Minimum Altitude: 1400

  • Maximum Altitude: 1400